| 19. Morphological Analysis vayhi {וַיְהִי | wa-ye-hî}: and it happened (vav-consecutive + Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine singular) • ka'asher {כַּאֲשֶׁר | ka-ʾa-šer}: when; as (conjunction) • tsalalu {צָֽלֲלוּ | ṣā-la-lû}: they grew dim (Qal perfect verb • third person masculine plural) • sha'arei {שַׁעֲרֵי | ša-ʿa-re}: gates of (noun • masculine plural construct) • Yerushalayim {יְרוּשָׁלִַם | yə-ru-ša-la-yim}: Jerusalem (proper noun • feminine singular) • lifnei {לִפְנֵי | li-pne}: before (preposition) • haShabbat {הַשַׁבָּת | ha-šab-bat}: the Sabbath (noun • masculine singular with definite article) • va'omrah {וָאֹמְרָה | vā-ʾom-rā}: and I said/commanded (vav-consecutive + Qal cohortative verb • first person common singular) • vayisageru {וַיִּסָּגְרוּ | wa-yis-sā-ge-ru}: and they were shut (vav-consecutive + Nifal imperfect verb • third person masculine plural) • hadelatot {הַדְּלָת֔וֹת | ha-de-la-tot}: the doors (noun • feminine plural with definite article) • asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾa-šer}: that; which (relative pronoun) • lo yiftachum {לֹא יִפְתָּחוּם | lō yip-ta-ḥûm}: they should not open them (negative particle + Qal imperfect verb + pronominal suffix) • ad {עַד | ʿad}: until (preposition) • achar {אַחַר | ā-ḥar}: after (preposition) • u-minne'arai {וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י | u-min-ne-ʿa-rā-yî}: and from my young men (preposition + noun with first person singular suffix) • he'emadti {הֶעֱמַדְתִּי | he-ʿe-maḏ-tî}: I stationed (Hiphil perfect verb • first person common singular) • al {עַל | ʿal}: at; upon (preposition) • ha-she'arim {הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים | ha-še-ʿā-rîm}: the gates (noun • masculine plural with definite article) • lo yavo {לֹא־יָבוֹא | lō-yā-vo}: should not come (negative particle + Qal imperfect verb • third person masculine singular) • masa {מַשָּׂא | ma-śāʾ}: burden; load (noun • masculine singular) • beyom {בְּיוֹם | be-yôm}: on the day of (preposition + noun • masculine singular construct) • haShabbat {הַשַבָּת | ha-šab-bat}: the Sabbath (noun • masculine singular with definite article) |